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Event:
Solvang Danish Days Festival

Date/Time:
Friday, September 19 - Sunday, September 21, 2025
Site coordination and setup: 4:00 PM (for all who can make it.) 
 

Location:
Solvang Park
Solvang, CA


Contact Telephones:
For on-site setup, breakdown, and other logistics-related questions at the park
Thomas Birkholm, Board president and head of festival logistics: (805) 245-0648

General Inquiries
Ashlee Madrid: (805) 354-4170
Casandra Farris: (805) 325-1848

The Vikings of Bjornstad
Jack Garrett: (925) 575-1996


Set up/Site planning on Friday, September 19th, 2025

Jack plans to be at the park about 5 PM, possibly a little earlier. Watch this page for the latest in layout planning. No guarantees, though. A rough attempt is shown below. At 7:30 PM Friday evening, there will be a parade of about a quarter mile length. IF our Viking village set up goes incredibly well, we could be a nice addition to the parade...

Torchlight Parade! Free, all welcome, candles provided. Beginning on Alisal Road and Laurel Avenue; strolling south down Alisal and ending at the Midgaard Pavilion Stage.


Saturday and Sunday Activities

The Park area is planned to be open 10am-5pm Saturday and Sunday. Our cultural displays will include our traditional clothing, weapons, games, musical instruments, furs, maps and tools during the day for people to explore and learn from. We will perform "The Viking Art of War" on both Saturday and Sunday. We will provide our displays on Saturday, with 2 scheduled demonstrations, one in the morning and one in the later afternoon. We will provide our display on Sunday, with at least 1 scheduled demonstration either before or after the children’s parade. Pack up may begin by 3:30pm. Our presentations should last about 15 to 20 minutes and include brief combat demonstrations. We do encourage attendees to ask questions and engage with us. If guests request additional mini demonstrations outside of the scheduled reenactments, and you’re open to that, it would be a fantastic bonus for the crowd! Visitors will gather in the park where there will be many chairs in a shaded area, space #13. There is space between the gazebo (space#1) and the chairs for our performance/demonstration there. It is roughly 15'x50'. Jugglers and unicyclists may be performing there as well.


Parking & Security

Parking will be provided at King Frederik Inn and we will have three reserved spots for our group at the park. Let's reserve those spots for the group members bringing the larger, heavier gear. Solvang will provide parking passes to place in our vehicle windows. For those staying overnight at the park, please know that designated Marines will be on-site as overnight security, ensuring our safety and peace of mind. A site map and several pictures of the park are shown below, along with the designated parking spots.


Lodging

 We will have:



Sources: The Vikings of Bjornstad for the diagram above. Primary source for the other diagram and these photos, Solvang Danish Days Foundation


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   © For information contact Jack Garrett at info@vikingsofbjornstad.com